Once-daily indacaterol/glycopyrronium (IND/GLY) reduces all exacerbations compared with twice-daily salmeterol/fluticasone (SFC) in COPD patients with ≥1 exacerbation in the previous year: The FLAME study

Wisia Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom), Jadwiga Wedzicha, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Tim Ayers, Angel FowlerTaylor, Chau Thach, Petter Olsson, Robert Fogel, Francesco Patalano, Donald Banerji

Source: International Congress 2016 – Pharmacological treatment of COPD: focus on LABA/LAMA combinations
Session: Pharmacological treatment of COPD: focus on LABA/LAMA combinations
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 989
Disease area: Airway diseases

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Wisia Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom), Jadwiga Wedzicha, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Tim Ayers, Angel FowlerTaylor, Chau Thach, Petter Olsson, Robert Fogel, Francesco Patalano, Donald Banerji. Once-daily indacaterol/glycopyrronium (IND/GLY) reduces all exacerbations compared with twice-daily salmeterol/fluticasone (SFC) in COPD patients with ≥1 exacerbation in the previous year: The FLAME study. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 989

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